Legal Opinion
Pat Pinnell v. Bill Cauthron, Sheriff of Sebastian County, Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1976No. 75-1861PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Pat Pinnell appeals the denial by the District Court 1 of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he contended that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial. We reverse.
Pinnell was convicted by a jury in the Sebastian County, Arkansas, Circuit Court of an assault with a deadly weapon. The jury sentenced him to one-year imprisonment and a fine of one thousand dollars, the maximum permitted by Arkansas law. His conviction was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court sub nom. Kerr v. State, 256 Ark. 738, 512 S.W.2d 13 (1974), and his petition for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Joseph Ward EasterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Kerr v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
3Cited by35 opinions
- United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- State v. LeeArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
- Dickeson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
- Curtis Dale Morrow v. Robert F. Parratt, Jr., Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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